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511 North 1st Street, Unit 101, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 – Currently Off Market

Value and prime location! Just listed at $299,992 this 3 bedroom 2 bath condo includes a chef's kitchen, porch w/ views of bamboo garden, off street parking plus easy access to downtown pedestrian mall, University of Virginia (grounds & hospital), Historic...

Castlebrook Estate & BuilderFish

Thanks to Jonathan Fishbeck (Founder, CEO, & Primary General Contractor) and Todd Hawkins (President) of BuilderFish for the personal tour of Castlebrook, their current project.  On the ride to the project Todd updated me on some of the latest Universal Design and...

122 Spring Meadow Lane (Fieldstone), Keswick, Virginia – Sold 5/14/2014

Prime location between Charlottesville and Zion Crossroads, Virginia just listed for sale.  Call James for a personal tour to see all the upgrades and features.  The owners have upgraded the chef's kitchen and renovated the home. Great open floor plan for...

Be safe cleaning your Heat Pump

With the ice and snow we've had this week in Central Virginia, many will need to clean off the outside heat pumps.  Please turn your units off before cleaning.  If the blades are spinning as ice & snow drop in, the debris can be blown  out into your face.  Our...

RE/MAX Updates & Improves RE/MAX.com

As James Friend Dickerson and RE/MAX continue to stay above the crowd, they unveiled the updated and improved www.REMAX.com web site.  Take some time to explore the new site and accompanying video.  Pretty cool!

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Fluvanna County, Virginia Updates Tax Assessments

While looking at property values for clients in Fluvanna County, Virginia this week, I found many of the tax assessments posted in VAMANet were down 25 to 50%.  According to the Fluvanna County web site, the field work for the reassessment  (check out the link to 2013...

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Cutalong (Louisa County Lake Anna Golf Community)

After several false starts, Cutalong ( a Lake Anna waterfront golf course community) moves towards fruition.  Earlier this month Karen and I toured the new Louisa County subdivision on 13,000+/- acre Lake Anna.  We found lovely home sites, the start of an 18 hole...

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Have you shocked your well lately?

Do you live in the country with a well?  Initially your well was probably "shocked" with bleach to kill any bacteria in the system and prior to the initial water testing.  Often on a re-sale of a home in Virginia, the purchaser asks the seller to test the well for...

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Attic Pull Down Stair Insulation

During this week's Sustainability Training for Accredited Real Estate Professionals (S.T.A.R.) course I learned a lot of interesting energy saving and "Green" building and remodeling techniques.  One of the coolest (no pun intended) featured a zippered insulation...

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